Our Lord had just performed the miracle of feeding the multitude. They come now to make Him King. What does He do? He goes immediately into seclusion. He flees alone unto a mountain to pray, realizing the danger that exists after great spiritual feats. It is at these times the devil lifts us up with pride, that we might fall into his snare. But our Lord was not “ignorant of his devices.” He shut Himself up alone with His Father.
I find we all are given to prayer up to our successes. But there seems to be a cessation while enjoying our victories. We have a way of remembering God in our battles, but forgetting Him in times of peace. There is sweet communion with Him as we travel, but a parting from His company after we arrive. It is easy for Christians at such times to become “practical atheists.” Our only security after personal achievements is to go alone to our mountain to pray. I must see God at noonday as well as in the night.
After our Lord’s return from His private communion with God, He performs even greater miracles. He had satisfied the hungry; now He stills the storm. If we, like Jesus, remain humble and dependent on God during our triumphs, then it can truly be said of us, “Greater works than these shall ye do.”
It would be well for all to remember, when basking in the sunshine of victory, that destruction can come at noonday, and that the arrow “flieth by day.”
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